diff --git a/utils/dist.py b/utils/dist.py
index 5ea36d1474c..b03cb68888f 100644
--- a/utils/dist.py
+++ b/utils/dist.py
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
         gcs_upload_report,
         gcs_uploader,
     )
+    if not GCS_ENABLED or not HAVE_GCP:
+        sys.exit("Run: poetry install --extras gcp or poetry run pip install --upgrade google-cloud-compute google-cloud-storage")
 
     cloud = GCP()